Blood Defends Moscow

Author: Marcin Kozielski
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
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"Neither rain nor snow stopped the fascist army near Moscow; it was the unyielding, tenacious spirit and heroism of the Soviet army, supported by the Soviet people, the capital, and the homeland, that defeated the German army's over one million elite forces." — Soviet Marshal Zhukov
"What forced the German army to withdraw from Moscow was not winter but the Soviet army. In addition to the tenacious resistance of the Soviet, Hitler overestimated Germany's strength, and a series of operational mistakes in his command were all important reasons for the outcome of the Moscow Battle." — British Prime Minister Churchill
"We underestimated Russia too much. We thought there were only 200 divisions, but now we've discovered 360 divisions." — German Army Chief of Staff Halder General
The red dome of the Kremlin was clearly visible through German binoculars, and fate entrusted the salvation of the Soviet Union to Zhukov. Below the Red City, history repeated a strikingly similar scene: the German army retreated from Moscow in the cold, just like Napoleon's army in 1812. A full record of a classic World War II battle. The German army suffered its first major defeat in World War II, the largest urban defense battle in the war, marking the end of the German army's "blitzkrieg." Hitler hailed the "Barbarossa" plan as his most successful operation, and it indeed perfectly embodied the essence of "total war" and "blitzkrieg," with the Soviet army losing five armies within a week. But the prophecy that "Moscow would be wiped off the face of the earth" burst like a balloon and shattered into pieces. Despite Moscow being within the range of German artillery and the snowred sunset bathing in blood, the Soviet demonstrated the meaning of sacrificing oneself and fighting to the death with their lives.